Chapter 1136: Heavenly Court Splits
Empress Qiang and Empress Yan were quite tense. Even though Heavenly Duke and Earth Count were bound by the grand Dao of heaven and earth, the power they could unleash was still extraordinary. Without mobilizing the divine artifact Imperial Heaven, there was absolutely no way to block them!
At the very same moment Kai Emperor made his move, King God Lang Wan also struck directly. Her vast divine consciousness surged forth, instantly enveloping half of Jade Capital City, plunging it into the endless time and space created by her mental projection.
The six Heavenly Court Imperial Guards—Left and Right Feather Forest, Divine Might, and Divine Strategy—had just broken through the space carved out by Kai Emperor’s sword strike when they fell into the endless time and space conjured by her divine consciousness, utterly unable to come to reinforce.
The combat power of these six armies was also extraordinary; even a full-scale campaign could suppress a Throne-level powerhouse. But against such Celestial Venerable-level beings, they were simply outmatched.
While King God Lang Wan trapped the six Imperial Guard armies, Celestial Venerable Xiao struck without hesitation, attacking her. The Void Beast leaped backward, vanishing into the void.
King God Lang Wan’s voice came from the depths of the void: “Xiao, as a disciple of Celestial Venerable Yun, your understanding of the Grand Emperor makes me question your identity. Perhaps you and Celestial Venerable Hao are of one family—you are Celestial Venerable Hao’s birth father.”
Celestial Venerable Xiao’s eyes flickered, and he too charged into the void.
Although Celestial Venerable Hao’s Dao heart was firm, her words still stunned him. Faced with Kai Emperor’s sword, he faltered slightly and hastily dodged.
This was something that had never happened in hundreds of thousands of years.
Since Celestial Venerable Yun’s death, he had never evaded anyone’s attack. He had always been the deity with the most profound magical power and the most exquisite divine abilities in this world.
But now, with his mind in chaos, he had no choice but to avoid Kai Emperor’s sword to prevent injury.
Empress Qiang and Empress Yan were also deeply shaken. The two women exchanged glances, now highly wary of each other as well.
“Hao, you have lost the courage of an explorer!”
Kai Emperor was brimming with heroic spirit. His sword forced Celestial Venerable Hao back, yet his sword techniques flowed endlessly. Sword energy crisscrossed the Heavenly Court like lightning, and beneath his blade, the vast Heavenly Court resembled a colorful piece of cloth being cut apart by scissors, beginning to tear.
Celestial Venerable Hao could no longer hold back. He stopped retreating, drew a circle with his right hand, and a divine weapon suddenly appeared in his grasp.
Everyone in the Heavenly Court knew that Celestial Venerable Hao was renowned for his divine abilities, that he had never used a divine weapon and disdained to do so.
But no one knew how many hidden assets he possessed.
Back then, the three who stole from the ancient Heavenly Emperor’s Zhaoyang Hall were Celestial Venerable Yun, Qin Mu, and him. The three of them divided the spoils the ancient Heavenly Emperor had obtained from the Ancestral Court.
Among the treasures Celestial Venerable Hao stole, the jade pillar was given to the Dao Ancestor to create the jade pillars of the Scripture Depository; a Tai Sui was used in the Creation Divine Artifact to forge the Divine Artifact Imperial Heaven and other ancient divine weapons like the Four Ancient Emperors.
But the other treasures, he hoarded and secretly refined into his own divine weapons.
Now, as his right hand drew a circle, a divine weapon emerged, shaped like a disc. But the disc immediately split outward with a clanging sound, revealing the thirty-six great Daos of Yuandu, constructing the most ancient form of the Yuan Realm.
These were thirty-six divine weapons—dragons, phoenixes, mountains, marshes, rivers, hills, streams, cauldrons, pagodas, towers, and other forms!
Each of these divine weapons possessed overwhelming power, exuding a vast Dao might. Any single one taken out would be enough to suppress an entire realm!
Divine weapons forged from the most powerful treasures of the Ancestral Court were naturally extraordinary!
The disc split again, and with several more clangs, the forty-nine Heavenly Daos emerged, also taking the form of forty-nine Heavenly Dao treasures—guidelines, seals, umbrellas, abysses, chains, ropes, policies, palaces, gates, wells, and more!
The disc split once more, forming the sixty-four Daos of the Netherworld beyond the Heavenly Daos, manifesting as sixty-four Netherworld Dao divine weapons—talismans, boats, masks, whips, horns, eyes, one-legged beasts, passes, lamps, fire, and so on, each unique.
The disc split yet again, taking the form of the Zhou Tian Star Array, even more complex and far more powerful!
This was his Myriad Daos Heavenly Wheel!
Kai Emperor thrust his sword forward, and Celestial Venerable Hao raised his hand to block. A terrifying shockwave instantly rocked the entire Heavenly Court!
By this time, Qin Mu and the others had already rushed out of the South Heaven Gate, far from the Heavenly Court. Suddenly, a dreadful tremor echoed through heaven and earth, reaching their ears as if it came from within their Dao hearts, as if something inside their Dao hearts had shattered!
Qin Mu abruptly turned his head and saw a jaw-dropping sight.
Within the Heavenly Court, a dazzling radiance rose from the Hall of Lingxiao, like a riot of colorful clouds.
At the same time, beneath the Heavenly Court, another brilliant glow ascended.
The light extended further and further, spreading from the Hall of Lingxiao toward the East Heaven Gate and the West Heaven Gate!
Not only that, but wherever the light spread, the Heavenly Court let out earth-shattering roars as palaces and divine halls cracked open, splitting in two!
Qin Mu’s scalp tingled. This splitting trend would soon reach the West Heaven Gate and the East Heaven Gate. By then, the Heavenly Court would be cleaved in half!
The light spread rapidly, faster and faster.
Finally, the West Heaven Gate shook, and with a deafening crack, the gate split apart!
The light then reached the East Heaven Gate, about to split it as well. But at that moment, Celestial Venerable Xiao suddenly appeared at the East Heaven Gate. With a furious roar, he halted the splitting force!
Even so, all deities across the world who had cultivated to the divine realm and opened their heavenly palaces heard a cataclysmic rumble in their minds, as if something had shattered!
Almost simultaneously, they looked up toward the Heavenly Court.
Some deities did not know where the Heavenly Court was, but their gazes all turned in its direction, because that sound came from there!
This thunderous noise did not just enter their minds—it also struck their Dao hearts, as if their Dao hearts had cracked!
The Heavenly Court now resembled a gaping mouth, giving off an absurd and grotesque impression.
The Heavenly Court, symbolizing the supreme authority of the Heavenly Emperor, had actually split open like this!
Kai Emperor laughed heartily, transforming into a streak of sword light that fled into the distance. His voice rang out from afar: “Celestial Venerable Hao, today the Heavenly Court has shattered. I must thank you for your help! I will visit again another day!”
Celestial Venerable Hao stamped his foot, mounted the Myriad Daos Heavenly Wheel, and gave chase.
Meanwhile, Celestial Venerable Xiao shouted, “Two Imperial Consorts, quickly stabilize the Heavenly Court! Do not let it continue splitting! Otherwise, the Ancestral Court will appear!”
Empress Qiang and Empress Yan’s expressions changed. They flew over at once, joining forces to halt the Heavenly Court’s division.
Celestial Venerable Xiao hastily fused the broken edges of the Heavenly Court, trying to reconnect it. But even with his vast powers, restoring it to its former state was extremely difficult.
After he repaired it, a massive heavenly scar remained, like a wound on the Heavenly Court!
Outside the Heavenly Court, Qin Mu’s heart trembled. In the haze, he suddenly sensed something—the seal on the Ancestral Court had loosened!
From the depths of the universe, a vast and ancient tremor transmitted here, and suddenly, a crack split open in the darkness.